Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I join President Obama and the vast majority of Chicagoans who are tired of waiting for Washington to get serious about gun violence.
Rahm Emanuel
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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Control is the source of strategic power.
Noam Chomsky
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As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day.
Michael Jordan
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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Plato
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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
Elizabeth I
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Fortune befriends the bold.
Emily Dickinson
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Once, I had a huge fight on a film set with an actor who threw tea on a spot boy’s face. I refused to shoot until he apologised.
Swara Bhaskar
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I love eating chocolate cake and ice cream after a show. I almost justify it in my mind as, ‘You were a good boy onstage and you did your show, so now you can have some cake and ice cream.’
Steven Wright
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No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
William Ellery Channing
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